Mobile Adware Booms, Online Banks Become Prime Target for Attacks

Hackers painted a bullseye on the backs of online financial institutions in 2020 as the pandemic shuttered local branch offices and forced customers online. Over the past 12 months, incidents of adware nearly tripled. And, overall in 2020 researchers saw a slight drop in the number of mobile...

Roaming Mantis, part V

Kaspersky has continued to track the Roaming Mantis campaign. The group's attack methods have improved and new targets continuously added in order to steal more funds. The attackers' focus has also shifted to techniques that avoid tracking and research: whitelist for distribution, analysis...

Changes to Flash Good for Bank Fraud

When the final version of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 hits desktops later this year, it will bring with it new functionality designed to allow users to automatically clear Flash cookies after a Web session. But while the feature may be lauded in the name of privacy, it may also force online banks to...

Serious Pitbull LX Vulnerability

Background: Back in February, eWeek and Argus Systems held OpenHack III. "Pitbull vs The Worlds Toughest". With much hype the contest came and went. The result? "17 days, 40,000 Challengers, 5.4 Million Punches and 1 E-Security Champion". As 'the first product to withstand an OpenHack unscathed'...